“The drama in my plays, I think, is nearly always people trying to reach each other . . . It’s true they’re confined inside their own skins, or their own cubicles, but they must try to get out as much as — they must try to find a common ground on which they can meet ....
“Nature is a Haunted House— but Art—a House that tries to be haunted. ” —Emily Dickinson Case Notes: Patty Emerson Berglund Fictional Work: Freedom Author: Jonathan Franzen Patty came to me because of chronic recurring depression and intermittent alcoholic behavior...